Caring for Healthcare: LEADing Change in Psychological Health and Safety
January 30th, 2019 12:00pm-1:00pm E.T
Housekeeping Notes
500,000
$51 Billion
Everybody's Business
National Standard for
Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace
• Change the culture
• Voluntary
• Non-prescriptive
• Applicable to any organization
• Measure progress
• Continuous improvement
• It’s a journey…
Healthcare Settings
Health care workers are 1.5 times more likely to be off work due to illness or disability than
people in all other sectors
Over 40% of Canadian physicians report that they are in the advanced stages of burnout, and burnout is also a critical issue for Canadian nurses
Working in health care, helping people cope with illness and death, can result in
“compassion fatigue”
Sandy Coughlin
Director, Occupational Health and Safety
Providence Health Care British Colombia
Matthew Snyder
Chief Human Resource Officer,
Peterborough Regional Health Centre Ontario
Dr. Graham Dickson
Principal,
LEADS Change Inc.
British Colombia
By Health, For Health Collaborative
By Health, For Health Collaborative
The Collaborative has a vision for healthcare workplaces to be leaders and role models in providing psychologically healthy and safe work environments for all Canadians.
Transforming Canadian Workplaces
Outreach and Promotion
Measurement System
Transformation
Tools and Resources Presentations,
workshops, journals and articles
Healthcare toolkit
*coming 2019*
Staff survey &
Organizational assessment
*coming 2019*
Two new psychosocial
factors
#jointhemovement #prenezpartaumouvement
The Declaration is a public commitment from healthcare organizations to show that they value the psychological
health and safety of their staff and commit to taking action to improving their work environments.
Click here to learn more about the Declaration
LEADS for Change
Dr. Graham Dickson, LEADS Canada
Creating a psychologically healthy organization
Using the
LEADS in a Caring Environment
Capabilities Framework
A story…
A story…
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and morale courage so rare”. Mark
Twain.
The Project
Companion
Resource for Today’s
Session
The Canadian
LEADS in a Caring
Environment Framework (LEADS)
outlines the capabilities
required to lead in all sectors and in all levels of the health system.
https://www.leadscanada.net/site/framework
The National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace
outlines 13 conditions for
psychologically healthy
workplaces.
Unhealthy workplaces detract from optimum patient care
“Doctors and nurses are suffering, and therefore patients are suffering.”
“Doctors with burnout symptoms provide lower quality care, order more unnecessary tests, and
provide less empathic care.”
Post & Roess, (2017)
• Miss work due to illness or disability
• Experience:
o burnout
o compassion fatigue o sleep deprivation
Healthcare workers are more likely to:
CSA Workplace Conditions
• Psychological Support
• Organizational Culture
• Civility & Respect
• Psychological Job Fit
CSA Workplace Conditions
• Growth and Development • Recognition and Reward
• Work load Management
• Engagement
• Balance
• Psychological Protection
• Supportive Physical Environment
CSA Workplace Conditions
• Clear leadership and expectations
CSA Workplace Conditions
Effective leadership: not toxic, or abusive leadership…
A toxic leader’s
behaviour often trumps even the best policies and procedures.
“…the associations between perceptions of abusive
supervision and outcome variables appear to be
universally negative.” Mackey et al, (2017).
• Five domains
• Four capabilities per domain
In Canada—and Australia, We use LEADS
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Philosophy
• Both emphasize caring for others
• Both are aspirational frameworks
• Both seek to shift cultures in the workplace
Mapping
LEADS to the Standard
(example)
LEADS as a guide to leadership action
• Individuals who practice LEADS are modeling the leadership actions that contribute to psychologically healthy workplaces
• Psychological health and safety is embedded in the way people
interact with one another on a daily basis (CSA, 2013, p. 1)
We cannot assume all formal leaders are themselves mentally healthy…
LEADS as a guide to leadership action
LEADS as a change discipline
• LEADS is also a disciplined approach to leading change
• 7 steps
Thank you
• Questions?
• Comments?
Contact: gdickson@royalroads.ca
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Questions?
Resources
The National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace
Assembling the Pieces: Implementation Guide Assembling the Pieces: Online Toolkit
Being a Mindful Employee: An Orientation to Psychological Helath and Safety in the Workplace
Implementing the National Standard in the Canadian Health Sector: A Cross-Case Analysis
LEADS in a Caring Environment Framework
Connecting two Canadian Frameworks: The LEADS in a Caring
Environment Capabilities Framework and the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace
Join the Movement – Advancing psychological health and safety in healthcare settings (video)
Next Workplace Webinar
February 27
th, 2019 at noon E.T.
To watch our past webinars, visit our website
How did we do?
Bell Let’s Talk
January 30
th, 2019
• Watch Bell Let’s Talk Day Video
• Facebook: BLT frame
• Twitter: #BellLetsTalk
(and @MHCC_ or @CSMC_MHCC)• Snapchat: BLT filter
• Bell customers: Mobile & long-distance calls
Text messages (turn off iMessage)
https://letstalk.bell.ca/en https://cause.bell.ca/fr
Thank you!
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